Walpole Footlighters Auditions
Crazytown and Disenchanted!
Crazytown by Jonathan Rand
The Walpole Footlighters are pleased to announce auditions for their next production, the zany comedy Crazytown by Jonathan Rand, directed by Steve Small. The production will be filmed on the stage at the Footlighters Playhouse with help from Walpole Media for streaming to audiences April 13-18, 2021.
Crazytown is an ensemble piece loosely structured around the broadcast of an evening news program. In-depth news reports turn into skits covering local politics, crime, sports and theater. Think of an extended version of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. Four actors (two male and two female) play approximately 60 roles. All cast members will have the opportunity to play characters of both genders that span a wide age range.
This is not a Zoom production or a radio play; good old-fashioned memorization will be required, although portions of the news cast may be read. Sets and blocking will prioritize Covid-19 safety, but masks will not be worn during the performance. Even the most careful blocking cannot prevent what happens during a live performance when actors are moving around the stage interacting with each other. Auditioners should be comfortable with the potential risks, and should take their health status into account.
Rehearsals will start on Zoom before moving into the theater two weeks before filming. Rehearsals will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings beginning the week of February 15, with filming tentatively scheduled for the weekend of March 26.
Auditioners should complete the form at http://bit.ly/CrazytownAudition and upload a video audition using one of the sides available at http://bit.ly/crazytownsides by Friday, February 12 at 6:00 pm. Read both parts of your chosen side, making the character distinctions obvious.
For questions, please contact the director at publicity@footlighters.com.
Crazytown is an ensemble piece loosely structured around the broadcast of an evening news program. In-depth news reports turn into skits covering local politics, crime, sports and theater. Think of an extended version of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. Four actors (two male and two female) play approximately 60 roles. All cast members will have the opportunity to play characters of both genders that span a wide age range.
This is not a Zoom production or a radio play; good old-fashioned memorization will be required, although portions of the news cast may be read. Sets and blocking will prioritize Covid-19 safety, but masks will not be worn during the performance. Even the most careful blocking cannot prevent what happens during a live performance when actors are moving around the stage interacting with each other. Auditioners should be comfortable with the potential risks, and should take their health status into account.
Rehearsals will start on Zoom before moving into the theater two weeks before filming. Rehearsals will be on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings beginning the week of February 15, with filming tentatively scheduled for the weekend of March 26.
Auditioners should complete the form at http://bit.ly/CrazytownAudition and upload a video audition using one of the sides available at http://bit.ly/crazytownsides by Friday, February 12 at 6:00 pm. Read both parts of your chosen side, making the character distinctions obvious.
For questions, please contact the director at publicity@footlighters.com.
Disenchanted! with book, music, and lyrics by Dennis T. Giacino
The Walpole Footlighters are pleased to announce auditions for the musical Disenchanted! with book, music and lyrics by Dennis T. Giacino, developed with Fiely Matias. The production will be directed by Marianne Phinney with music direction by Dan Moore and choreography by Lisa Kelleher. Inclusive and diverse casting will be key. Actors of color are encouraged to audition for all roles. The characters of Hua Mulan, The Princess Who Kissed the Frog, Princess Badroulbadour, and Pocahontas are written for actors of Asian, Black, Middle Eastern, and Native American ethnicities. The production calls for 10 women.
Actors should complete the form at http://bit.ly/WFL_disenchanted and upload a musical video audition and a choreography video by Sunday, February 14, at 6:00 pm.
Callbacks will be arranged during the week of February 15 by Zoom.
Rehearsals will take place on Zoom on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Individual music and dance rehearsals may be arranged with staff at other times. In person rehearsals later in the spring will be scheduled following Walpole Board of Health guidelines.
The plan is to perform Disenchanted! the first three weekends in May in the Footlighters Playhouse if COVID regulations permit. Alternatively, performances will be outside the Playhouse with audience socially distanced in the parking lot across the street. If Commonwealth regulations prohibit a live performance with an audience, a performance will be filmed and made available for streaming on Broadway On Demand.
This production contains adult language.
Summary
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?!
Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. The original storybook heroines are none-too-happy with the way they’ve been portrayed in today’s pop culture so they’ve tossed their tiaras and have come to life to set the record straight. Forget the princesses you think you know – these royal renegades are here to comically belt out the truth. Contains adult language and content.
Disenchanted! is written to celebrate and represent inclusivity and diversity featuring women of all shapes, sizes, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and ages. The Disenchanted! princesses, based on the women from the original fairy tales written by Grimm, Perrault, de Villeneuve, as well as historical accounts, comment on and parody the princess culture. They are strong, independent women who, through a magic spell, leave the bookshelves behind and come to life to set the record straight about the way they’re portrayed in today’s pop culture. They are anything but damsels in distress. #PrincessesUnite!
Characters
SNOW WHITE. Brassy and self-assured. The leader of the princess pack who likes to be in control. Also has a loving, maternal instinct. Aspires to be perfect, but she soon realizes that being perfectly ‘you’ is more important.
CINDERELLA. Perky, quirky, and impish. She’s always enthusiastic, especially when it comes to being a real life princess, but is about to discover that there’s more to being a princess than pretty gowns and shiny glass slippers.
SLEEPING BEAUTY. The perfect comic foil to Snow White. Always the flippant and unpredictable cut-up. She loves to dance (sometimes uncontrollably) and is a fantastic physical comedienne. She enjoys being perfectly and uniquely herself.
BELLE. A smart and witty bookworm from classic French lit who inexplicably speaks and sings with an American accent. She chats with inanimate objects, cleans up after her beast of a husband … and it’s slowly driving her insane.
HUA MULAN. A legendary folk hero of Asian descent from the poem The Ballad of Mulan. She has a goodnatured sense of humor while maintaining a respect for her culture. She is excited to come out onstage and, through her heartfelt story, reveal her true self.
THE LITTLE MERMAID. Once innocent and obedient, she’s now rowdy and rebellious. Having regretfully given up her seemingly idyllic life under the sea, she copes with her new reality through inappropriate yet hilarious comedy. She is the life of the party!
POCAHONTAS. Plucky, valiant. She has been homogenized by an entertainment industry willing to distort her true Native-American story just to sell cinema tickets. As she comically mocks her glammed up portrayal in Hollywood cartoons, she is on a journey to restore her authentic, historical self.
THE PRINCESS WHO KISSED THE FROG. Having been left out of the kingdom for decades, this Black princess is here to claim her throne and celebrate inclusivity and diversity in fairy tales. Confident; clever with a turn of phrase, loves a funny pop culture reference. Wonderfully witty; joyous.
RAPUNZEL. American capitalism won’t turn this campy, Mel Brooksian songstress into a damsel in distress. Nein! Brunehildesque, strong, and fun-loving, she’s bent on getting her fair share from those who make bank off fairy tale princesses.
PRINCESS BADROULBADOUR. Originally from the South-Asian-turned-Middle-Eastern Aladdin sagas, this sultan’s daughter has had enough of being secondary in her own tale. Misogyny begone! It’s a whole new world and this independent and puckish princess is taking her story back!
Actors should complete the form at http://bit.ly/WFL_disenchanted and upload a musical video audition and a choreography video by Sunday, February 14, at 6:00 pm.
- Please audition with a comical character song that shows off your range and ability to tell a story through song. We want to see a personal connection between you and the song you are singing.
- Please limit your selection to 32 bars, unless you feel that more is needed to convey the story.
- You may sing along with a YouTube karaoke if you like.
- No a cappella singing, please.
Callbacks will be arranged during the week of February 15 by Zoom.
Rehearsals will take place on Zoom on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Individual music and dance rehearsals may be arranged with staff at other times. In person rehearsals later in the spring will be scheduled following Walpole Board of Health guidelines.
The plan is to perform Disenchanted! the first three weekends in May in the Footlighters Playhouse if COVID regulations permit. Alternatively, performances will be outside the Playhouse with audience socially distanced in the parking lot across the street. If Commonwealth regulations prohibit a live performance with an audience, a performance will be filmed and made available for streaming on Broadway On Demand.
This production contains adult language.
Summary
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?!
Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. The original storybook heroines are none-too-happy with the way they’ve been portrayed in today’s pop culture so they’ve tossed their tiaras and have come to life to set the record straight. Forget the princesses you think you know – these royal renegades are here to comically belt out the truth. Contains adult language and content.
Disenchanted! is written to celebrate and represent inclusivity and diversity featuring women of all shapes, sizes, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and ages. The Disenchanted! princesses, based on the women from the original fairy tales written by Grimm, Perrault, de Villeneuve, as well as historical accounts, comment on and parody the princess culture. They are strong, independent women who, through a magic spell, leave the bookshelves behind and come to life to set the record straight about the way they’re portrayed in today’s pop culture. They are anything but damsels in distress. #PrincessesUnite!
Characters
SNOW WHITE. Brassy and self-assured. The leader of the princess pack who likes to be in control. Also has a loving, maternal instinct. Aspires to be perfect, but she soon realizes that being perfectly ‘you’ is more important.
CINDERELLA. Perky, quirky, and impish. She’s always enthusiastic, especially when it comes to being a real life princess, but is about to discover that there’s more to being a princess than pretty gowns and shiny glass slippers.
SLEEPING BEAUTY. The perfect comic foil to Snow White. Always the flippant and unpredictable cut-up. She loves to dance (sometimes uncontrollably) and is a fantastic physical comedienne. She enjoys being perfectly and uniquely herself.
BELLE. A smart and witty bookworm from classic French lit who inexplicably speaks and sings with an American accent. She chats with inanimate objects, cleans up after her beast of a husband … and it’s slowly driving her insane.
HUA MULAN. A legendary folk hero of Asian descent from the poem The Ballad of Mulan. She has a goodnatured sense of humor while maintaining a respect for her culture. She is excited to come out onstage and, through her heartfelt story, reveal her true self.
THE LITTLE MERMAID. Once innocent and obedient, she’s now rowdy and rebellious. Having regretfully given up her seemingly idyllic life under the sea, she copes with her new reality through inappropriate yet hilarious comedy. She is the life of the party!
POCAHONTAS. Plucky, valiant. She has been homogenized by an entertainment industry willing to distort her true Native-American story just to sell cinema tickets. As she comically mocks her glammed up portrayal in Hollywood cartoons, she is on a journey to restore her authentic, historical self.
THE PRINCESS WHO KISSED THE FROG. Having been left out of the kingdom for decades, this Black princess is here to claim her throne and celebrate inclusivity and diversity in fairy tales. Confident; clever with a turn of phrase, loves a funny pop culture reference. Wonderfully witty; joyous.
RAPUNZEL. American capitalism won’t turn this campy, Mel Brooksian songstress into a damsel in distress. Nein! Brunehildesque, strong, and fun-loving, she’s bent on getting her fair share from those who make bank off fairy tale princesses.
PRINCESS BADROULBADOUR. Originally from the South-Asian-turned-Middle-Eastern Aladdin sagas, this sultan’s daughter has had enough of being secondary in her own tale. Misogyny begone! It’s a whole new world and this independent and puckish princess is taking her story back!
Footlighters auditions are typically held at 7:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. During the pandemic, auditions are held on Zoom. The director may hold live auditions or ask for video submissions. For live auditions, an appointment is necessary. Audition notices will be posted here regularly as well as in the Walpole Times, the Hometown Weekly, NE Theatre 411, and Stage Source.
For all in-person auditions, please bring a headshot and resume, if possible, and please download and complete our auditionfrm.pdf or come prepared to fill out the form before the audition starts, including scheduling conflicts.
For inquiries concerning auditions, contact the Member at Large at memberatlarge@footlighters.com or email audition_info@footlighters.com.
Please check our Audition Tips to help you prepare for auditions.
The Walpole Footlighters Playhouse is located at 2 Scout Road, East Walpole, MA, 508-668-8446. Click here for directions to the playhouse.
Auditions for all Footlighters shows are open to everyone. Most auditions consist of readings from the script. A prepared song is required for musical auditions. Details are usually posted a few weeks before the scheduled audition dates.
When auditions are in-person, they are typically held at 7:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. at the theater at 2 Scout Road. Unless otherwise specified, no appointment is necessary. Audition notices will be posted here regularly as well as in the Walpole Times, the Hometown Weekly, NE Theatre 411, and Stage Source.
For inquiries concerning auditions, contact the Member at Large at memberatlarge@footlighters.com or email audition_info@footlighters.com.
Please check our Audition Tips to help you prepare for auditions.
The Walpole Footlighters Playhouse is located at 2 Scout Road, East Walpole, MA, 508-668-8446. Click here for directions to the playhouse.
Auditions for all Footlighters shows are open to everyone. Most auditions consist of readings from the script. A prepared song is required for musical auditions. Details are usually posted a few weeks before the scheduled audition dates.
When auditions are in-person, they are typically held at 7:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. at the theater at 2 Scout Road. Unless otherwise specified, no appointment is necessary. Audition notices will be posted here regularly as well as in the Walpole Times, the Hometown Weekly, NE Theatre 411, and Stage Source.